Although the snow was soft, it was still much better than in spring and summer. The group dragged their sleds and, after some effort, finally emerged from the forest.

"Xiping, we won't go to your house. Let's all go home. If it doesn't snow tomorrow, we'll go into the mountains again."

"Take whatever you find back with you, so that when you go up the mountain to work, there won't be no meat at home."

As Liu Yujiang spoke, he picked up a little yellow-haired animal from their sled and threw it to this side, then turned to leave.

"Brother, I have enough meat here, you don't need to give me any more. The little yellow-haired boy's meat is delicious, you can take it back and eat it."

On Sheng Xiping's sled were half a basket, a sow, and the yellow-haired dog that Hua Hua had killed. That much meat was enough for the family to eat for a long time.

"It's okay, it can freeze now. Just wet it a little tonight and freeze it, it can last a long time."

Your family is large, and everyone is able to eat. Besides, there's that little tiger, isn't there?

You cut the meat from the scavenger into small pieces and keep them separately. If it goes hungry one day because it hasn't caught any prey, you can cut off a piece of meat to feed it.

This thing can't be allowed to go hungry. Who knows what trouble it might cause if it goes hungry?"

Liu Yujiang waved his hand dismissively.

"Little Huang, let's go home." Liu Yujiang said, waving to Little Huang as he tried to lead him home.

After all, Hua Hua is old enough to hunt and no longer needs to be breastfed. Little Yellow Wet Nurse's mission is over, and it's time to go home.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Huang glanced at Liu Yujiang, then looked back at Little Tiger Huahua, looking rather troubled.

It is said that dogs are loyal ministers, while cats are treacherous ministers.

Regardless of whether the family is doing well or poorly, a dog is a member of the family and will not run away to someone else's house.

Cats are different; if a family is having a bad time and there's nothing good to eat, they'll go to someone else's house.

Xiao Huang is the Liu family's dog. Even though he's been living in the Sheng family's house for a while, he still gets incredibly affectionate towards the Liu brothers.

Liu Yujiang called it Xiao Huang, and Xiao Huang understood that he was telling it to go home.

But its two cubs and the little tiger Huahua are all at the Sheng family's house. It's Xiaohuang's first time being a mother, so it's inevitable that she'll miss her cubs.

"Brother, why don't you let Xiao Huang come home with me first?"

I'll be going up the mountain in a couple of days. If you're going hunting with your dogs, just take them with you; they'll naturally go back home.

Sheng Xiping saw this and knew that Xiao Huang was reluctant to leave because she was attached to the cub, so he spoke up for Xiao Huang.

"Well, that works too. Anyway, our two families don't distinguish between those things, so it doesn't matter which family Xiao Huang lives with."

Liu Yujiang also noticed this, so he waved his hand, signaling Xiao Huang to follow Sheng Xiping and the others.

Little Yellow finally stopped agonizing and wagged its tail as it approached Little Tiger Flower.

When Hua Hua saw Xiao Huang coming over, she was especially affectionate, rubbing her big head against Xiao Huang and making purring noises.

"Alright, alright, let's hurry home." Sheng Xiping looked at the dog and the tiger and said helplessly.

Upon hearing that they were going home, Erlang Shen and the others perked up and, ignoring Sheng Xiping and his brother, the dogs trotted off ahead.

They know the way and can run home on their own.

Little Flower was even faster; with a few leaps, she had already run a long way.

Only the Sheng brothers, Sheng Xiping and Sheng Xiping, were left, struggling to drag their sleds home.

Every household in the forest farm cleared the snow, and because the temperature was slightly higher in the villages, the thin layer of snow on the road melted, revealing the dirt road.

So the sled was difficult to travel on such a road, and the two brothers struggled to drag it home step by step.

"Oh dear, you must have done a lot of paddling up the mountain today."

The two brothers hadn't even gone halfway with their makeshift sled when they saw Sheng Liancheng and his son Sheng Xikang hurrying over to greet them.

Needless to say, the father and son must have come out to greet the dogs when they got home.

"Yeah, we encountered a group of wild boars. It took a lot of effort, but we managed to take down five of them: a big one, a sow, and three piglets."

My older brother said there are many people in our family, so he specially assigned us an extra little blond kid.

With the help of Sheng Liancheng and Sheng Xikang, the two Sheng brothers finally caught their breath. The four of them worked together to pull the sled back to their own yard.

"Oh, Xiping's back?" The four of them had just stopped the sled when two of them came out of the house.

One was Zhang Shuzhen, and the other was Wang Jianshe's mother, Chen Xiuzhi.

"Sister-in-law, it has to be your Xiping! He's so capable. Look at all that pork!"

Upon seeing the scene in the courtyard, Chen Xiuzhi praised it with a smile on her face.

"Auntie, what brings you here today? How's Jianshe? Are you back from your in-laws' house? Our No. 1 forest farm is about to start winter production."

When Sheng Xiping saw Chen Xiuzhi, he was stunned for a moment.

Wang Jianshe's mother was a very practical woman. She usually stayed at home doing chores, busy inside and outside the house, and rarely came out to visit neighbors or gossip.

Despite the close relationship between Sheng Xiping and Wang Jianshe, Chen Xiuzhi only visited the Sheng family a limited number of times.

Of course, Chen Xiuzhi didn't visit other people's homes very often; she just didn't like going to other people's homes.

"They're back, they're back! The couple took the little train back this morning. The Winter Sports Festival is a big deal, how could it be delayed?" Chen Xiuzhi replied quickly upon hearing this.

"Oh, I'm relieved to see you back. Auntie, I caught a few pigs in the mountains today, I'll cut you some meat to take home."

As Sheng Xiping spoke, he reached for his dagger to cut the meat.

"No, no, not at all. When Jianshe got married, you gave us a lot of meat left over, enough for the family to eat."

"You went up into the mountains, braving the wind and snow, traversing mountains and valleys to bring back these pigs; keep them for yourselves."

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